Odometer for use in connection with fare-indicators.



No. 876,100. PATENTED JAN. 7, 1908.

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ODOME'IER FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITH PARE INDICATORS.

APPLICATION FILED 0OT.43, 1906.

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ODOMETER FOR USE IN CONNECTION' WITH FAREJNDICATORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. '7, 1908.

Application filed October (1906. Serial No. 337,311.

To all whom ii may concern:

Be it known that l., BnnTHonn Senn munie, engineer, subject of the German Empire, re*- siding at Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in an Odometer for Use in Connection withFarc- Indicators; oi" which the following is aspecilication.

This invention relates to an odometer for use in connection with every description of fare-indicator, which is distinguished from devices of a similar character as heretofore constructed inasmuch as it indicates not only the total distance traversed by the vehicle, but also that portion oi" this distance wherein the vehicle has been occupied by a fare.

From the difference between the total dis tance the vehicle has been. driven and that wherein `it has been occupied. by a fare, the distance it has been driven empty can be ascertained, and the owner of the vehicle is conse uently able accordingly to determine through what -portionjof tins distance it has been unoccupied and-occupied respectively. Fori/his urpose there is provided inaddition to theo' orneter heretofore usual. an auxiliary odometer that-.is put into and out of engagement according as the fare indicator is in its operative-Lor ino erative position, and that consequently in icates the distance through which the vehicle has been driven while rcquired by a fare.

The accompanying drawings illustrate, by Way of example, apparatus in accordance with this invention in connection with a farcindicator in which. the shaft which carries the pointer serves also as the slialthy means of which the mechanisinvis actuated, so that the setting of the apparatus at empty, the various fares, cash and occupied is et fected simply by rotating the shaft carrying the pointer. lt is however obvious that the apparatus ma be connected with any other kind of farei.ndi'cator.

Figure l. is a front View ol" the aliiparatus, the auxiliary odometer -being out of engagementyFig. 2 is a 'corresponding side view; Fig. 3 is a front view of the apparatus, the areindicator .being in engagement and the .auxiliary odometer consequently in. operaftion; Fig. 4 is a sectional view corresponding to the line arf-49: of Fi 3 and Fig. 5 shows a portion of Fig. 4 in a ilerent position. Fig. 6-8 show a modified form of arrangement oi parts, Fig'. 6 being a front View, the auxiliary odometer' being out of engagement, Fig. 7 a similar view, the auxiliary being in engagement with the chielz odometer, Fig. 8 a vertical section through Fig. 7. l

The shaft 2 which is rigidly connected with the flexible sha'lt 3 actuated from the vehicle wheel, is suitably mounted on the bed plate l. The pinion 4 is keyed upon the shaft 2 and engages with the spur wheel 5,-Which actuatcs the apparatus by means of which the total distance is measured, in such manner as to causo the total distance traversed by the vehicle to be registered by means of the intermittent rotation of the shaft 2 by the flexible shaft 3. Upon thelshaft 2 there is likewise rigidly mounted a cam disk 6 of the shape shown in Figs. l and 5. rThe twoarmed lever 9 which is mounted to oscillate upon the stud 8 on the bed plate 1, has attached to its lower end a roller 7 and terminates in a finger 1,5. The two-armed lever 9 is by means of the spring 10 normally maintained in such position as to permit of an oscillatory movement being imparted to it by the action of the can] disk 'upon the roller 7.

Upon a stout metal angle piece secured upon the hed plate 1, there is mounted to oscillatc an arm 12 which by means of a spring 11 is caused to against the finger 15, and which carries a pawl 14 actuated by a spring 31. lhis 'pawl engages with the ratchet wheel 16, and rotates it in the direction. ci' the arrmlv 32 (Fig. 4L). Upon the shaft oi." the ratchet wheel 16 there 1s mounted a 'worin i7 which engages with the W0r1n-' wheel '1S and rotates the indicating disk 21 by moans of thc pinion lf'far d spunti/heel. 20. The disk 2l nim-"cs hchin an aperture 22 in the casing oi the fare-indicator that is fur` nish'ed with a ointer 23, by means of which that portion oipthc distance traversed Wherein the vehicle has been. occupied by a fare can at once bc read ofi'. Upon a stud 25 on the bed-plate l. there is moreover mounted a two-arnmd lever 24- the upper end. of which by the tension of a spring 26 exerted in the direction oi' the arrow 27 in Fig. l is maintained in contact with. the periphery of a cam 28 rigidly keyed upon the shaft 27 that carries the pointer and actuatcs the mechan ism.

vThe lower fend of the lever 24; presses against the upper' arin. of the lever 9,- and under the action of the cani 28 for'cesthis lever towards the right, in the direction op posite to that indicated by the arrow (lig. i shaft L16 has ixed thereto toothed wheel 44 1), the roller 7 being by this means moved out of the path or' the cani disk 6.

The apparatus is operated in the l'ollowing manner a-Assuining that the various portions of the apparatus are in the positions shown in Fig. 1, wherein the hand oi the fareindicator stands at eiiipty, the cani.

28 will then be in contact witlrthe upper art of the twoarined lever 24 and will so oscillate the lever 9 about its stud 8 asI to bring the roller 7 out of the path of the cam disk 6.' The auxiliary odometer cannot under these circumstances be put. into engagement. Should the pointer now be rotated in the direction of the arrow A (Fig. 1) until it assumes the position corresponding to occupied, the shaft 27 and cani 2: will alsoV be so rotated as to assume the position shown in Fig. 3, wherein the upper c nd of the lever 24 is nolonger 1n contact with the periphery of the cam. The lever 24 will now under the action oi the spring 26 release the lever 9 which thereupon, under the action of the spring 1Q', is oscillated upon the stud and in the direction of kthe arrow 30 (Fig. 1), so as to bring the roller 7 upon its lower end withinthe range ol" the cani disk 6; which thereupon imparts to the lever roller bearing against a into o eration.

.lever mechanism is 9 a reciprocating or oscillatory movement, and 4by means of the finger 15 the arm 12, the pawl 14 and the train 16, 17, 18 and 19 causes the Aauxiliary odometer 21 to be put When the pointer is again move back to empty" by suitably rotating the shaft 27, the pointers shown in Fig. 1 are again resumed, and only the total distance 'traversed is indicated.

As regards the modified forni of construe l tion shown in Figs. f the auxiliary odomet'er is arranged on one arm of an oscillating two-armed lever and'by means brought into engagement with the chief odometer when the 'lareindi cater is put in and out of engagement .when the said indicator is put out. For this purpose on the l'lag shalt 27 a cani 3l is i'ixed which engages a lever the in 32 fastened to the bedplate 1 and which lever 33-stands underthe action of a spring 34. l Fixed to the said lever 33 is a two-armed lever 36 when the lever 33 'oscillates i This lever 36 Which oscillates round its pin .37 is turned back by means of a spring 38. To the other arm of the leverw36 apin 39 is fastened which bears against the underside of a4 two-armed lever 40 oscillating atl and being influenced by a spring 42. Onthe other arm of the said lever 40 there are arrangedy the ear wheels 18, 19, 20 and the indicating dis 21- for theauxiliary odometer. When the lever 40 oscllates the tooth d'wheel 18 engages a toothed Wheel 43`fastened to the 'shaft 46 for actuating the chief odometer. The said of a suitable i 33 oscillating around@ 'u itliout a being in engagement u'illi a worin L15 to the axis ol which is fastened a toothed wheel 5 which is rotated from the vehicle wheel in the inanner before described. The spring 42 acting on lever 40 tends to turn the latter in such a manner that the wheels 18 t 43 become engaged with each other, whereas the pin 39 acting on the other arm oi the lever/10 turns the latter back.

lhe modified mechanism acts as follows: The shaft 27 being turned and the fare-indi catorthereby being' put in, the earn 31 is turned fronrthe position shown in Fig. 6 into that shown in Fig. 7, The lever 33 is oscila lated by means of the spring 48 and the lever 36 is swung by means of the spring 3S. Thereby the pin 39 is moved to the left, so that the spring 42 can draw up the-lever 40 carrying the auxiliary odometer bringing the toothed wheel 18 in engagement with toothed. vvheel` 43 ,of the chief odometer.

Therefore during the time the carriage is hired both odoineters are in action.

lt is obvious that the arrangement may be such that the auxiliary odometer indicates only the distance traversed by the vehicle fare that is to say, that it is put into engagement when. theV fare-indicator is put out of engagement, and vice versa.

Having nov.' particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and iii what manner the saine is to be performed, .l declare that what l claim is:

l. The combination with means for indi-A eating when a vehicle is occupied or unoccii pied, of means cooperating tl'ierewith and released thereby lor indicating the distance traversed by the vehicle when occupied, said distance indicating means released when the i iiist mentioned means is shifted to indicate that the vehicle is occupied, means operated l'roni a moving part of the vehicle for indicating the distance traversed by the vehicle when the vehicle is occupied and unoccupied,

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mid an operative connection bet"'een the' last-mentioned means and the means for inn dicatinj.; the distance traversed by the vehicle when occupied for operating said lastinentioned means when released by the means for indicating Whether the vehicle is occupied or unoccupied.

2. The combination with a means for indieating pied, of a main and a secondaiyodometer, said main tance traversed by the occupied and unoccupied, means operated from a movable part of the vehicle for o er4 Iating said main odometer, said secon ary odometer indicating the distai'ice traversed by the vehicle when 1t is occupied and cooperating with said means for indicating when the vehicle is occupied or unoccupied, means for releasing said secondary .odometer when a vehicle is occupied or unoccu` odometer indicating the totaldisl vehicle when it is when vthe means for indicating,T whether the riodically engaged. by said diskJ means operveliiclc 1s e ,cup1ed or unoccupied 1s shifted l ated bythe means for indicating Whether the to indicate that the vehicle is occupii-id, means operated from the. operatingr means 'for the main, ol'lometer for operzding` said. Secondary odometer when the latter is released.

3. 'l he combination `with a means for indieating;- when a vehicle is occupied or unoccupied, oi' a main odometer for ilulicatingl the total distance travereed by the vehicle when oecu pied and unoccupied, :in auxiliary odolneter for indicating` the distancel traversed by the vehicle when occupied, .means for operatingr said main odometer, means connected with the means for indicating' when the vehicle is occupied or unoccupied for releasing Said auxiliary odometer when said means is shifted to indicate that the vehicle is occupied, and means operated. from the operating means for the main odometer ior tln'owing into operation the auxiliary odometer when the. latter is released.

4. The eombination with4 means for indieating when a Vehicle is occupied. or unoccupied, cfa main odometer for indicating the .total distance traversed when the vehicle is occupied and unoccll iied, an auxiliz-ny odometer, a rotatable sha t operatively connected with said main odometer for operating it, a cani disk mounted on said shaft, a springcontrolled oscillatory lever adapted to be pel vehicle is occupied or unoccu ied for re1eas-' ing said auxiliary odometer W en the vehicle is occupied., and means actuated by said lever 'for operating said auxiliary odometer t0 thereby indicate the distance traversed by the vehicle when occupied.

5. The combination with a means for indieating when a vehicle is occupied or unoccupied, of a main odometer for indicating the total distance traversed, a normally locked auxiliary odometer, a shaft operatively connected with said main odometer, a cam disk mounted. o n said shaft, an actuating shaft operated by said' means for releasing-said auxiliary odometer, a spring-controlled oscillatory lever adapted to be engaged by said actuatingr shaft and thrown into operative relation with respect to said disk, and means for operating the auxiliary odometer t0 thereby indicate the distance traversed by the vehicle when the latter is occupied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

BERTHOLD SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses WOLDEMAR HAUPT, HENRY HAsPEn. 

